Software Engineer, Topsort
+ Employee stock option plan.
Infrastructure & tools for monetization
Open for applications
Infrastructure & tools for monetization
21-100 employees
Open for applications
+ Employee stock option plan.
21-100 employees
Company mission
To democratize modern advertising technologies.
Role
Who you are
- You have a minimum of 2 years of experience doing software development
- You do well-solving problems and making others understand you clearly
- You are able to write professional-grade code that is easy to understand and modify, choosing appropriate technologies to achieve your objectives
- You are able to express yourself with precision, transparency, and honesty (ex: "I ignored you because I thought it was better to do it my way, sorry, I will correct this next time"). This applies both to verbal communication and text communication tools like Slack, Notion, and Medium
- You are willing to learn and to do things outside of your direct scope - like everyone else on the team
Desirable
- Production services
- Financial or payments technology -- Stripe and other payment processors
- Cloud platforms -- AWS, GCP, Azure
- UI Frameworks -- React, Next
- Infrastructure automation -- Terraform, Kubernetes
- Big Data -- Spark, Redshift
- Economics, auction or game theory
- Functional programming
- Security: OWASP, SOX, PCI/DSS GDPR, ISO 2700x
What the job involves
- As a Software Engineer at Topsort you will build back-end services, APIs, and front-end experiences to support our mission: democratizing auction-based infrastructure for all marketplaces
- Our first product is sponsored listings as a service
- We automate and simplify auctions so that any advertiser, especially small ones, can compete successfully
- It’s not easy. We use our game and auction theory expertise; implement real-time, scalable, always-available systems; and build an intuitive, easy-to-use UI for managing campaigns
- We’re looking for people who want to build successful products, are comfortable with data, like learning new technologies, can handle many moving parts, and enjoy wearing different hats -- we’re a start-up!
- We’re developing:
- Scalable, fast services for running auctions
- Financial systems -- ledgers, payments, invoicing, billing, etc
- Simple machinery for small vendors to optimize their advertising spend
- Big data models for predicting customer behavior
- Tools for our product and customer teams that streamline marketplace integration
- You will collaborate with the development team to build a software architecture that allows for orderly code that is easy to work with
- You'll analyze and implement technological solutions in the development of Topsort products
- You will get the opportunity to improve customer experience
- You'll propose process or technology improvements to implement
Our take
With the likes of Meta, Amazon, and Google hosting the majority of ad campaigns, contemporary strategies can become overcomplicated and lacking in owner control. Topsort has created a simple and customisable API through which users can create advertising elements like sponsored listings, banner and video ads, and control how they’re shown to potential customers.
Where the platform stands out is in its transparency and privacy-first approach - delivering a direct replacement of the “cookie” system usually used in sponsored ads. Topsort’s “clean room” is an encrypted technology that has zero-visibility into privacy data, ensuring anonymity for those being analysed.
This exciting new approach to media marketing analysis and campaign planning has turned investors' heads, at a time when data privacy is a hot topic. Topsort has enjoyed an impressive Series A of $20 million, which will be used to scale and accelerate its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2024
$20m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$8m
SEED
Total funding: $28m
Company benefits
- Remote-working options with coworking memberships and (at least) once a year in person offsite gathering
- You’ll be welcomed by coworkers in 11 countries that all bring a unique perspective to the company from day 1
- Management training program, career talks and mentorships
- Candid feedback - we push each other to set higher goals and produce more impact by always thinking “how do we do this faster and better”
- Employee Stock Option Plan
- 401k, dental, medical and vision insurance
Company values
- Our team is all about straightforward communication, embracing feedback without taking it personally, and fostering a super collaborative environment
- We thrive on working together, lifting each other up, and getting things done with a sense of urgency
- We're the kind of team that loves making bold choices, sharing extraordinary opinions, and maintaining a 100mph pace
- No endless meetings here – if it can be done today, we're all about getting it done today
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Regina Ye
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Product Lead at Hopin, and Founder at ZIRUI Inc.
Michael Ostrovsky
(Co-Founder)Currently Professor of economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Previously an Advisor at Pinterest and Linkedin, and was a Visiting Scientist at Google.
Francisco Larrain
(Co-Founder & CTO)Currently Board Member at Maxxa. Previously worked in Local Engineering at Groupon, and was Founder and CEO of Zappedy.
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